About Us

The EvoThan Collective is an international non-profit organization dedicated to advancing the scientific understanding of comparative evolutionary thanatology—the study of death-related behaviors across human and nonhuman animals. Welcoming researchers from diverse fields, including biology, ethology, anthropology, and comparative psychology, the EvoThan Collective emphasizes rigorous scientific methods to explore the nature and evolution of death-related phenomena. Through conferences, publications, and a commitment to the scientific method, it serves as a collaborative platform for interdisciplinary knowledge exchange in the evolving field of comparative evolutionary thanatology.